Teesside children will follow their Ocean Row heroes around the world from dry land.

Ingleby Barwick brothers-in-law George Rock and Nigel Morris make up one half of the team for the Ocean Row Challenge, which sets out from Canada on June 2.

The rowers plan to smash a 106-year-old world record by completing the course from Newfoundland, Canada, to the Scilly Isles in 33 days.

And fans back home at Whinstone Primary School in Ingleby Barwick will chart their journey on two websites, launched by the rowers and the BBC.

The team is packing a satellite phone, digital camera and lap-top computer to send its stories back. A BBC film crew has also been making a documentary to be broadcast in July.

George said: "Our own website is already up and running but the BBC's looks to be very good - they've got a team of experts working full-time, which we don't have."

The BBC is getting schools involved with the website.

George visited Whinstone Primary School on Tuesday to help launch the BBC site and answer questions.

George said: "They wanted to know everything from what we'll do if we meet any sharks to how we will go to the toilet! We can't wait to go, we've been training flat out - it's about time someone smashed the record and we want to be the ones to do it."

The other team members are Mark Stubbs, from Poole, and Rob Munslow, from Monmouth.

The team's website is on www.oceanrow.com and the BBC's is on bbc.co.uk/oceanrow from tomorrow.